United States Code

42 U.S.C. § 247d-3c

Guidelines for regional health care emergency preparedness and response systems

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  • S 4480 Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 2289 Healthy Moms and Babies Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 6303 CARE for Moms Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 5412 Food Farmacy Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 1489 Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 4074 Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2937 PROTECT 911 Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2884 Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2220 PARA–EMT Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 891 Bipartisan Health Care Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1902 HERO Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1768 Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1750 HEARD Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1189 National Plan for Epilepsy Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 178 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 627 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 3134 Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5568 CARE for Moms Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4605 Healthy Moms and Babies Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 7709 PREPARE ACT of 2024 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 6433 PARA–EMT Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 2846 CARE for Moms Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 2333 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act Amends 247d-3c(e)(2) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4697 Protecting PAHPA Act of 2023 Amends 247d-3c(b)(3), 247d-3c(e)(2) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4421 Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act Amends 247d-3c(b)(3), 247d-3c(e)(2) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4274 HERO Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 1925 HERO Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 3671 HERO Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 1497 Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2904 Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 1317 Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2763 PROTECT 911 Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2480 Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 948 Healthy Moms and Babies Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 543 CCM–CARE Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 632 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 15 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2617 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Amends its part · enacted · 117th Congress
  • HR 9094 STAAR Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7585 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 Amends its part 247d-3c(a)(1) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 4486 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 Amends its part 247d-3c(a)(1) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7666 Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 8181 Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7711 LIFE Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 3799 PREVENT Pandemics Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 3390 CCM–CARE Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 3291 STAAR Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 5388 PREPARE ACT of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2779 TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2740 PREPARE Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress

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From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-124.

(a) Purpose It is the purpose of this section to identify and provide guidelines for regional systems of hospitals, health care facilities, and other public and private sector entities, with varying levels of capability to treat patients and increase medical surge capacity during, in advance of, and immediately following a public health emergency, including threats posed by one or more chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents, including emerging infectious diseases. (b) Guidelines The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health officials, shall, not later than 2 years after June 24, 2019— (1) identify and develop a set of guidelines relating to practices and protocols for all-hazards public health emergency preparedness and response for hospitals and health care facilities to provide appropriate patient care during, in advance of, or immediately following, a public health emergency, resulting from one or more chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents, including emerging infectious diseases (which may include existing practices, such as trauma care and medical surge capacity and capabilities), with respect to— (A) a regional approach to identifying hospitals and health care facilities based on varying capabilities and capacity to treat patients affected by such emergency, including— (i) the manner in which the system will coordinate with and integrate the partnerships and health care coalitions established under section 247d–3b(b) of this title; and (ii) informing and educating appropriate first responders and health care supply chain partners of the regional emergency preparedness and response capabilities and medical surge capacity of such hospitals and health care facilities in the community; (B) physical and technological infrastructure, laboratory capacity, staffing, blood supply, and other supply chain needs, taking into account resiliency, geographic considerations, and rural considerations; (C) protocols or best practices for the safety and personal protection of workers who handle human remains and health care workers (including with respect to protective equipment and supplies, waste management processes, and decontamination), sharing of specialized experience among the health care workforce, behavioral health, psychological resilience, and training of the workforce, as applicable; (D) in a manner that allows for disease containment (within the meaning of section 300hh–1(b)(2)(B) of this title), coordinated medical triage, treatment, and transportation of patients, based on patient medical need (including patients in rural areas), to the appropriate hospitals or health care facilities within the regional system or, as applicable and appropriate, between systems in different States or regions; and (E) the needs of children and other at-risk individuals; (2) make such guidelines available on the internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services in a manner that does not compromise national security; and (3) update such guidelines as appropriate, including based on input received pursuant to subsections (c) and (e) and information resulting from applicable reports required under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (including any amendments made by such Act), to address new and emerging public health threats. (c) Considerations In identifying, developing, and updating guidelines under subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response shall— (1) include input from hospitals and health care facilities (including health care coalitions under section 247d–3b of this title), State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and health care or subject matter experts (including experts with relevant expertise in chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats, including emerging infectious diseases), as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate, to meet the goals under section 300hh–1(b)(3) of this title; (2) consult and engage with appropriate health care providers and professionals, including physicians, nurses, first responders, health care facilities (including hospitals, primary care clinics, community health centers, mental health facilities, ambulatory care facilities, and dental health facilities), pharmacies, emergency medical providers, trauma care providers, environmental health agencies, public health laboratories, poison control centers, blood banks, tissue banks, and other experts that the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate, to meet the goals under section 300hh–1(b)(3) of this title; (3) consider feedback related to financial implications for hospitals, health care facilities, public health agencies, laboratories, blood banks, tissue banks, and other entities engaged in regional preparedness planning to implement and follow such guidelines, as applicable; and (4) consider financial requirements and potential incentives for entities to prepare for, and respond to, public health emergencies as part of the regional health care emergency preparedness and response system. (d) Technical assistance The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, may provide technical assistance and consultation toward meeting the guidelines described in subsection (b). (e) Demonstration project for regional health care preparedness and response systems (1) In general The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response may establish a demonstration project pursuant to the development and implementation of guidelines under subsection (b) to award grants to improve medical surge capacity for all hazards, build and integrate regional medical response capabilities, improve specialty care expertise for all-hazards response, and coordinate medical preparedness and response across State, local, Tribal, territorial, and regional jurisdictions. (2) Sunset The authority under this subsection shall expire on September 30, 2023.
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